Aisha Al-Janabi

Dec 21, 2023 | biotechniques.com | Hei Ming Lai |Aisha Al-Janabi

Hei Ming Lai (left) is a Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at The Chinese University of Hong Kong (China) and is a psychiatrist–neuroscientist whose work focuses on developing and applying 3D histology techniques in both basic research and clinical diagnostics. His team uses multidisciplinary approaches to engineer novel technologies for structural–molecular–functional mapping of tissues from both humans and animals.

Dec 5, 2023 | biotechniques.com | Aisha Al-Janabi

Scientists reveal the molecular mechanisms behind each stage of the predatory switch that the fungus Arthrobotrys oligospora (A. oligospora) undergoes in the presence of nematodes while under nutritional starvation. Predator–prey relationships are often considered stable, but resource scarcity can prompt the hunted to become the hunters. In the Ascomycota phylum, nutritional starvation triggers a shift resulting in traps being formed in the presence of nematodes.

Dec 4, 2023 | biotechniques.com | Aisha Al-Janabi

Andrew Gaetano (left) is a recent graduate of St. Norbert College (WI, USA) and was involved in molecular biology and genetics research with Ryan King. In his final year in the King Lab, he was working to optimize in situ hybridization for time and efficiency and developed a protocol that was recently published in BioTechniques, which he discusses in this ‘Peek behind paper’. Currently, Andrew is pursuing a career in medicine. Ryan King (right) is an Associate Professor at St. Norbert College.

Nov 29, 2023 | biotechniques.com | Aisha Al-Janabi

Escherichia coli may be more capable of becoming antibiotic resistant through evolution than previously thought. In a recent study, researchers have found that Escherichia coli (E. coli) may have a greater capability to become resistant to antibiotics than previously thought. The international team, led by Andreas Wagner at the University of Zurich (Switzerland), mapped 260,000 mutations in E.

Nov 28, 2023 | biotechniques.com | Maria Ramos |Aisha Al-Janabi

Culture of patient-derived organoids and cancer-associated fibroblasts. Image courtesy of Maria RamosMaria Ramos is a postdoc in the Bodenmiller Lab at the University of Zurich (Switzerland) using organoids to study cellular communication between cancer cells and the tumor microenvironment.